User talk:Mikerogers

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Thank you for all the help Mikerogers 19:38, 3 April 2021 (EDT)

SPOTREPS - A Maelstrom Rising Anthology

I holding your submission for "SPOTREPS - A Maelstrom Rising Anthology". The ISFDB definition of speculative fiction can be found here. We exclude techno-thrillers and other works set in a future indistinguishable from the present. Based on the descriptions I can find, this book seems to fall in that category. Is there any speculative fiction (as in science fiction and fantasy) in it? Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 19:10, 1 April 2021 (EDT)

I think its more Alternate history. The story I know from the Anthology is Larry Correia story Baizuo, his summary of the the story "I got to write the Baizuo eye view of the Communist Chinese invasion of Portland"<ref>https://monsterhunternation.com/2020/07/14/ive-got-a-story-in-spotreps-a-maelstrom-rising-anthology/</ref>
The Maelstrom Rising series itself is big into the science of next gen military warfare. That said its a very hard line to draw with current and future weapons' systems being the sci-fi of yesteryear.
Hope that help. Thanks for the website I just found and its very cool
Mikerogers 22:18, 1 April 2021 (EDT)
Okay, thanks. We tend to error on the side of inclusion so I accepted the edit. The result is here. I had to make the following changes to match ISFDB standards:
  • Title: We use ":" to separate titles and subtitles.
  • Publisher: When works are self-published, we use the author as the publisher.
  • Format: Based on the Amazon provided size, we categorize this as a "tp".
  • Price: Since we deal in multiple currencies, we include the currency symbol.
  • Cover Artist: This field is for the cover artist name. The cover art link goes in the Image URL field. We can only use images from sites that have explicitly given us permission to do so. See ISFDB:Image linking permissions for a list of such sites. I used an image from Amazon instead.
We appreciate your submission & hope you will continue to contribute. ISFDB has some conventions that need learning so please check out the help links in the welcome message above. And let us know if you have any questions (ISFDB:Help desk is a good resource for asking). -- JLaTondre (talk) 19:43, 2 April 2021 (EDT)

Spotreps - Brad Torgers[oe]n

Hi, whilst looking for something else, I noticed that this story is credited to "Brad Torgerson". Do you know if that is how his name is actually listed in the book, or if it was just a data entry typo for Torgersen? If the first, then the mis-spelled name will have to be varianted to his real name, for the latter the typo can be fixed in the story.

I skimmed through the preview of the book on Amazon UK, and on the editor's "American Praetorians" site, and neither of them list the contributors. (Amazon's product listing does reference "Torgersen", but that's not enough to be sure what the book itself has.) Thanks! ErsatzCulture 11:00, 5 April 2022 (EDT)

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